On 03/03/12 09:50, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 14:38, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:19:32 -0800 >> Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 13:52, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:36:34 -0800 >>>> Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:56, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:11:18 -0800 >>>>>> Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 05:35, Raffaele Morelli >>>>>>> <raffaele.more...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> if you want two or more audio apps to share the same sound device, >>>>>>>> start >>>>>>>> qjackctl, tell vlc to use jack output module and do the same with >>>>>>>> other apps >>>>>>>> if needed. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In qjackctl connection panel you should see all your alsa compliant >>>>>>>> apps >>>>>>>> listed as readable clients and the sound device as writeable clients. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Using skype together with other apps is also possible even if it's a >>>>>>>> little >>>>>>>> more tricky, have a look at >>>>>>>> http://alsa.opensrc.org/Jack_and_Loopback_device_as_Alsa-to-Jack_bridge >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I can run skype togeter with other jack/alsa compliant apps, record >>>>>>>> them >>>>>>>> and/or route audio output between them using Qjackctl. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That sounds excessively complicated. PA will work fine (and >>>>>>> automatically), >>>>>>> it just needs to be setup correctly. I set mine up long ago, and it has >>>>>>> never >>>>>>> given me problems (well, a few times the PA volume got muted and had to >>>>>>> be unmuted, but that is about it). >>>>>> >>>>>> I use just plain alsa, and while I don't use skype, multiple >>>>>> applications can use my sound devices simultaneously. No special >>>>>> configuration; it just works. >>>>> >>>>> Either a sound card with hardware mixing, or you got lucky with >>>>> alsa's dmix. It has been known to work on occasion... >>>> >>>> I don't know what dmix is; it doesn't seem to exist on my system. Sound >>>> hardware is: >>>> >>>> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio >>>> Controller (rev 03) >>>> >>>> I'm pretty sure I had automatic mixing on my previous system, which >>>> also had some sort of Intel sound, although I don't have the info >>>> available here ATM. >>> >>> I doubt that has hardware mixing. Dmix is part of alsa, you should have >>> it unless you recompiled alsa without it or something. >> >> Okay - so dmix it is; I'm using stock Debian packages for everything, >> with no specific configuration for my setup. I though that dmix was >> some sort of command / daemon / package. But you say it only works on >> occasion? I've never seemed to have any problem with it at all. > > I don't know how often it works. All I know is I have seen other people > have problems with it, and I have never had it work on my machines. > > So when PA got to the early 0.9 series, I installed it and set it up, > and never looked back.
Likewise - multiple Skype connections + my ISPs VOIP, networked sound, virtualbox machines also using sound, and frozenbubble, all at the same time - without a hitch. Alsa, jack, and other sound systems without restrictions running underneath. Initially PA was a learning curve - it's a different way of dealing with sound. Well worth the small amount of effort required to get it working. paman makes life easier if your system doesn't automagically have pa working. > > Cheers, > Kelly Clowers > > Kind regards -- "Oh sorry, I was taking life seriously." — Bill Hicks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f5165ac.5040...@gmail.com